Calendar.MARCH 2003 Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development ASCD www.ascd.org March 8-10 San Francisco, Calif. National Science Teachers Association Annual Conference NSTA www.nsta.org March 27-30 Philadelphia, Pa. APRIL 2003 National School Boards Association 63rd Annual Conference NSBA Keynote speakers: Mikhail Gorbachev, Newt Gingrich and Ralph Nader www.nsba.org April 5-8 San Francisco, Calif. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference NCTM www.nctm.org April 9-12 San Antonio, Texas National Business Education Annual Convention NBEA www.nbea.org April 16-19 Dallas, Texas MAY 2003 International Reading Association Annual Conference IRA www.reading.org May 4-8 Orlando, Fla. Computer-Using Educator's Annual Conference CUE www.cue.org May 15-17 Anaheim, Calif. JUNE 2003 National PTA Conference 107th Annual Convention PTA www.pta.org June 20-22 Charlotte, N.C. National Educational Computing Conference NECC Keynote address: Mae Jemison, astronaut www.neccsite.org June 30-July 2 Seattle, Wash. OCTOBER 2003 National School Boards Associations Technology + [Learning.sup.2] Conference NSBA www.nsba.org October 22-24 5-8 Anaheim, Calif. Education, Technology & Curriculum Summit Teachers College-Columbia University Keynote address: John Bailey, DOE www.edtechsummit.org May 15-16 New York, N.Y. The third annual Education Technology Summit is an interactive event for senior education administrators. The Summit addresses the latest educational technology, content and delivery methods used in the learning process to improve student and institution achievement and performance. Best practices from topics covered include: adequate yearly progress Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, is a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically. , curriculum literacy literacy Ability to read and write. The term may also refer to familiarity with literature and to a basic level of education obtained through the written word. In ancient civilizations such as those of the Sumerians and Babylonians, literacy was the province of an elite programs, math/science programs, professional development, the digital divide, testing & assessment, the future of e-books, full day/after school programs, community programs, and the school/home connection. |
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